Yes, it is AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS long-range radar deployed in Taiwan. This AN/FPS-115 is an aged model back to year 1970s but Taiwan bought it at very high price in year 2000. Radar costs to reach NT$2.39bn By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer, Mon, Sep 04, 2023 Taiwan’s centerpiece of an air defense system, the AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS long-range radar in Hsinchu County’s Leshan , is expected to cost NT$2.39 billion (US$75.01 million) to maintain next year, the Ministry of National Defense’s budget for the next fiscal year showed. The ultra-high-frequency radar deployed as a fixed installation has a reported maximum range of greater than 5,500km, enough to probe into China’s hinterland, Indochina and the South China Sea, sources said. The system was operationally activated in February 2013.
@@維-r3m The reality is US Gov did not sell any AN/FPS-132 to Taiwan. The AN/FPS-117 aged one still deployed in Taiwan since year 2000 purchased. This part has been confirmed the Uncle Hu, who said he was ex RTX-GM in Taiwan and talked too much in the local TV channel. ============================== Mon, Sep 04, 2023 Radar costs to reach NT$2.39bn By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Taiwan’s centerpiece of an air defense system, the AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS long-range radar in Hsinchu County’s Leshan , is expected to cost NT$2.39 billion (US$75.01 million) to maintain next year, the Ministry of National Defense’s budget for the next fiscal year showed. The ultra-high-frequency radar deployed as a fixed installation has a reported maximum range of greater than 5,500km, enough to probe into China’s hinterland, Indochina and the South China Sea, sources said. The system was operationally activated in February 2013.
Yes, and US Gov sold the 1970s AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS radar to Taiwan in year 2000 at extreme high price. In year 2000, US Gov had deployed AN/FPS-132 in USA which advanced than aged AN/FPS-115 (now in Taiwan) back to year 1970s aged model.
